Men do cry

DEAR LORD

IS IT WRONG TO LET THE TEARS SEEP THROUGH
ISN'T THIS GIFT TO ME FROM YOU
A WAY OF SHOWING
I CARE ?

SHOULD I FREELY CRY AND LET TEARS ROLL
OR SHOULD I STOP! STIFLE THE SOUL ?
I SHOULD CRY, AND I WOULD
IF I DARE

BUT THERE ARE STRANGERS HERE, AND SOME FRIENDS TOO
WHO'D BARE THEIR SOULS TO ONLY YOU
DROP THEIR PRIDE SHOW INSIDE
AND THEY'LL SHARE

MY HEAD THROBS MY HEART ACHES
AS I HOLD THEIR EMBRACE
FIGHT THE TEARS CHOKE THE SOB
SAVE THE FACE

WHY CAN'T I LET MY FEELINGS SHOW ?
FOR IT'S THE ONLY WAY THEY'LL KNOW
I CARE! I LOVE! NOT JUST BELOW
THE SURFACE

AND NOW IT'S TIME, I MUST NOT CRY
PERHAPS A TEAR, A LITTLE SIGH
THAT'S ALL, FOR I MUST TRY TO PART
WITH GRACE

CAUSE I KNOW THE PAIN THAT THERE IS INSIDE
IT'S ALWAYS THERE THOUGH I TRY TO HIDE
SO I'D LIKE IT PAST, ON THE OTHER SIDE
IS THAT WRONG ?

A MILLION THINGS I SHOULD HAVE SAID
BUT THEY REMAINED WITHIN MY HEAD
UNSPOKEN THOUGHTS, TOO SCARED TO TREAD
SHOULD HAVE TRIED

WHY CAN'T I LET MY FEELINGS SHOW
I ACHE, I HURT, WITHOUT A BLOW
BECAUSE I KNOW, THEY'LL NEVER KNOW
I CRIED

SHOULD HAVE OPENED MY HEART AND LOWERED MY PRIDE
TAKEN THEIR LOVE AND THEIR WARMTH INSIDE
AND GIVEN THEM MINE, YES! I SHOULD HAVE TRIED
I'M SO SAD

BUT I DIDN'T YOU SEE AND IT'S TOO LATE NOW
AND THE SORROW AND PAIN LIKE `THORNS ON THE BROW'
CUT AND HURT, YES! YOU KNOW, ONLY YOU KNOW HOW
KNOW HOW BAD

SO IT'S OVER NOW, THE DISTANCE DONE
LIKE SNOWFLAKES MELTING, NOW THEY'VE GONE
THE MEMORIES LEFT WILL LINGER ON
YOU GAVE ME THOSE AND THEY'LL LAST LONG

LORD I'M GLAD

WRITTEN BY R W HAYES

This is so true. Men SHOULD be allowed to show their feelings.

Thank you Adoons, it is nice to understand this journey from a man's perspective

Wow, thanks Adoons...

Men should cry, that's a way of showing you are hurt. Don't help bottling everything up.

Thanx, Adoons.

Thanks Adoons

Thanks Adoons!

That was the most horrible part in everything - when DH cried in the hospital and I woke up and found him like that - it just broke my heart!